System for managing an automation system

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software thereon that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to design a system for managing an automation system, the automation system comprising:

• an applications manager comprising a single object-oriented functional description of said automation system, based on an object meta-model, said functional description comprising a plurality of composite functional objects which each comprise a monitoring facet and a supervision facet, each of said monitoring and supervision facets comprising a mapping interface;
• a topologies manager comprising an object-oriented topological description of said automation system, based on said object meta-model, and comprising a plurality of topological objects;
• a projects manager comprising a monitoring project and a supervision project which relate to said automation system;
• said monitoring facets being assigned to said monitoring project;
• said supervision facets being assigned to said supervision project;
• wherein part of said topological objects are mapped with said monitoring and supervision facets of part of said composite functional objects by way of said mapping interfaces.